Posts tagged Hitwise
Hitwise: Google+ Approaches 50 Million Monthly Visits [updated]
Jan 2nd
According to data shared by Experian Hitwise US, Google+ received around 50 million visits in December. That’s a jump of nearly 20 million from the month before and its biggest month of traffic since its launch at the end of June.
Google’s social network launched a holiday barrage of commercials featuring the Muppets and pro basketball stars using Google+ video Hangouts. CNET called the commercials “desperate,” but according to Hitwise’s numbers, the effort paid off.
Sponsor
TechCrunch reported comScore numbers last month showing nearly 67 million unique visitors in November worldwide. Today’s Hitwise numbers show visits from the U.S. only. As TechCrunch’s Eric Eldon pointed out, third-party numbers are never 100% accurate. Still, both comScore and Hitwise agree that Google+ traffic is rising slowly but steadily. In its Q3 earnings call, Google reported 40 million registered Google+ users.
Google+ also got some significant upgrades in December that may have contributed to better traffic. It got better noise control in the stream of posts, somewhat clearer notifications, and a new interface for photos. It added long-awaited features for managing brand pages as a team. And video Hangouts, the distinguishing feature of Google+, got major updates on the desktop and mobile to be more visible and accessible.
Google+ is now integrated into long-standing Google properties like Gmail, Blogger and YouTube. Google reported that ‘Google+’ was the #2 worldwide search term last year. Its momentum made Google+ our top social Web product of the year.
Post has been updated to reflect that the comScore numbers reported by TechCrunch were worldwide, whereas these Hitwise numbers are U.S.-only.
Are you using Google+?
View full post on ReadWriteWeb
Hitwise: Google+ Approaches 50 Million Monthly Visits
Jan 2nd
According to data shared by Experian Hitwise US, Google+ received around 50 million visits in December. That’s a jump of nearly 20 million from the month before and its biggest month of traffic since its launch at the end of June.
Google’s social network launched a holiday barrage of commercials featuring the Muppets and pro basketball stars using Google+ video Hangouts. CNET called the commercials “desperate,” but according to Hitwise’s numbers, the effort paid off.
Sponsor
Hitwise’s data are significantly lower than the comScore numbers TechCrunch reported last month. Those stats reported nearly 67 million unique visitors in November, which would be more visitors than Hitwise’s reported number of visits. That would be impossible. But as TechCrunch’s Eric Eldon pointed out, third-party numbers are never 100% accurate. What both comScore and Hitwise agree on is that Google+ traffic is rising slowly but steadily.
In its Q3 earnings call, Google reported 40 million registered Google+ users. Today’s Hitwise numbers are more consistent with that level of activity.
Google+ also got some significant upgrades in December that may have contributed to better traffic. It got better noise control in the stream of posts, somewhat clearer notifications, and a new interface for photos. It added long-awaited features for managing brand pages as a team. And video Hangouts, the distinguishing feature of Google+, got major updates on the desktop and mobile to be more visible and accessible.
Google+ is now integrated into long-standing Google properties like Gmail, Blogger and YouTube. Google reported that ‘Google+’ was the #2 worldwide search term last year. Its momentum made Google+ our top social Web product of the year.
Are you using Google+?
View full post on ReadWriteWeb
Hitwise Pins Pinterest to Pinboard of Top Social Networking Sites
Dec 23rd
Heather Dougherty, the Director of Research at Experian Hitwise, has written about a “Pinteresting Trend in Social Media.” She says, “Pinterest, a site launched in March 2010 that describes itself as an online pinboard to organiz…
View full post on Search Engine Watch – Latest
Hitwise: “Facebook” Was 4 Of Top 10 Search Queries In 2011
Dec 22nd
Following the major engines themselves, Experian Hitwise announced the top search terms of 2011. The company looked at the top 1,000 search queries of 2011 and found that Facebook topped the list for the third year in a row. Overall Facebook had four of the top 10 search terms for 2011, the same as…
Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
View full post on Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing
Hitwise: “Facebook” Was 4 Of Top 10 Search Queries Of 2011
Dec 22nd
Experian Hitwise announced the top search terms of 2011. The company looked at the top 1,000 search queries of 2011 and found that Facebook topped the list for the third year in a row. Overall Facebook had four of the top 10 search terms for 2011, the same as in 2010. However query volume for [...]
Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
View full post on Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing
Hitwise: Bing-powered Search Share Inches Up; One-Word Queries Also Rising
Nov 16th
Bing-powered search made small gains in U.S. market share during October, according to the latest Hitwise numbers. Bing gained 3% between September and October, going from 12.8% market share to 13.23%, while Yahoo also rose slightly from 15.27% to 15.39%. Combined, that boosted Bing-powered share…
Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
View full post on Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing
September 2011 Search Engine Market Share from comScore, Hitwise
Oct 13th
Google’s U.S. search engine market share climbed back up above 65 percent in September, while Yahoo’s share declined after two months of growth, according to comScore. While comScore shows Google market share just above 65 percent, Hitwise s…
View full post on Search Engine Watch – Latest
Hitwise: Google Back Above 66% US Market Share by @mattmcgee
Oct 13th
Google has inched back above the 66% market share threshold in the latest numbers from Experian Hitwise. And both Bing and Yahoo saw slight drops during the month of September.
Hitwise explains that this is pretty normal: Google’s market share has risen for five of the past six Septembers, while…
Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
View full post on Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing
August 2011 Search Engine Share from comScore, Hitwise
Sep 13th
Google’s U.S. search engine market share dipped below 65 percent for the first time since September 2009, according to comScore. Hitwise still shows Google’s market share at just over 65 percent. Meanwhile, Bing continues to make tiny …
View full post on Search Engine Watch – Latest
One Year Later, Bing-Powered Search Takes 4% Market Share From Google – Hitwise
Sep 8th
It’s been a year since Bing began powering the natural search results on Yahoo and the combination has gained a little more than 4% market share in the U.S. since then. Google has dropped more than six percentage points in the same time period. All of that is according to the latest Experian…
Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
View full post on Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing
